Nikon 85mm f1.8 K

Nikon 85mm f1.8 K (6 blades) works on my Nikon D90 in M mode, $200 to USA or Canada (shipping and paypal included). Price taken from Ken Rockwell's website. Front and back cap not included. Metal hood included. Let me know if you need to have more pictures/information.

Gents that lens is not AI that is clear from the photographs. There is no ADR scale and it does not have the cut outs. Also the serial number will tell you if it is AI or not. Not being AI does not mean it will not mount on your D90 , it means that you stand a chance of breaking your D90, I have seen people do it before. I have looked at these photos several times now and I do not see the AI relief cuts in the ring. This appears to be a late production NON AI lens probably 1975 or 1976

Thanks, I have read a few thinks online of people with micro 4/3rd using a nikon adapter and putting that lens on it without any problem. I know adapter are different than camera but it could be a great way to use that lens.

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Originally Posted by E. von Hoegh

Basically, it won't properly couple with anything made later than about 1976 or so.

Not true, it will couple and meter with an FA, F4, modified F5 and an F6 as for coupling with a D90 I have my doubts that would happen without breaking the AI tab on the body.

"Would you like it if someone that painted in oils told you that you were not making portraits because you were using a camera?"
"Shouldn't it be more about the joy of producing and viewing the photo than what you paid for the camera?"

Not true, it will couple and meter with an FA, F4, modified F5 and an F6 as for coupling with a D90 I have my doubts that would happen without breaking the AI tab on the body.

This is not correct you CANNOT use an NON AI lens on a NIKON FA , or most other Nikon Cameras made after 1977. The exceptions to that rule are the Nikon FM, FM2, FM2N, F3, and F4 Those cameras have a special button that allows the AI coupler to fold up out of the way. mounting NON AI lenses on cameras without this functionality risks breaking off the AI coupler on the camera. I have seen it done with both results, the coupler being broken off and the the lens mounting. In neither case does the lens couple and meter. There is nothing there for it to couple and meter to. Additionally on the cameras that have the ability to accommodate the NON AI lenses that I mentioned you have to use the stop down feature to meter the scene before shooting.

The reason NON AI lenses work on the D40 and D60 is because those DSLR cameras do not have the AF Motor and do not have the AI Coupler.

I own a Nikon FA and would not mount an unmodified NON AI lens on it, furthermore the Nikon FA owners manual specifically mentions by model certain NON AI lenses that should not be used even if they have been modified to AI or AI S configuration.

This is directly from the Nikon FA Manual concerning NON AI Lenses.

​Do notattempt to mount older Nikkor lenses which have not been
Al-modified, as they might damage the camera. For further
information concerning lens modification, please contact
your local authorized Nlkon dealer
• The following lenses cannot be used on the FA even if they
are modified to have the Al facility:
55mm f/1.2 (No. 184711-970110)
28mm f/3.5 (No. 625611-999999)